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July z3, 1940.

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July 23, 1940- E. L.. GARRETT GAME BOARD Filed July 20, 1939 PEM/3L] gMaf/Luv? 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 PUR'GE 72H/w PAH CRISIS Suma/whom dna/WL.d/veft @M @M/m Patented July 23, 1940 UNITED STATES rATENT oFFicE 1Claim.

This invention relates to a game board and more particularly to a gaineboard of the type which includes a playing board and a plurality ofplaying tokens, one for each player, adapted to :5 be advanced from astarting position to a nish position.

An object of the present invention is to provide means for advancing thetokens oi competing players along a marked path or course in ac- .,1cordance with a predetermined number oi spaces corresponding to thenumerical value accruing to the players by reason of throws of dice.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a game board Whichinvolves various '15 penalties and advantages.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a game boardwhich enables barter among certain of the competing players to thedetriment of others of the players.

20 A still further object of the present invention is to provide a gameboard having a path or course subdivided into spaces in which certain ofsuch spaces have indicia inscribed thereon requiring that the playerstoken occupying any oi such 25 spaces be advanced or retarded.

Other objects and features of novelty Will be apparent from thedescription taken in conjunction with the drawings in Which- Figure 1 isa plan view of one form or ar- :80 rangement of playing field of thegame board.

Figure 2-'is a perspective View of decks of political party marker cardsfor use in playing the game.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the pair of 35 Men Working signs foruse in playing the game.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the pair of Adice for use in playingthe game.

` Figure 5 is a View in elevation of the tokens that are used by theseveral players.

Figures 6, 7, 8, and 9 are perspective views of decks of number cards-for use in playing the game.

Figure 10 is a plan view of the Purge card for use in .playing the game.

45 Figure 1l is a plan View of the Crisis card for use in playing thegame.

Figure l2 is a plan View of the iront face of the card titled Bulletinsto which reference is made during the playing of the game.

Figure `13 is a plan View of the back face of vthe card shown in Figurel2.

Figure 14 is a plan view of the card titled Election returns to whichreference is made during the playing of the game.

65 Briefly stated, the game according to the presvIl() ent invention hasto do with political campaigns involving the election of a candidate ofone of the competing political parties to a high office such asgovernor, congressman, senator, and president. Such game is known uponthe market by the name of Caucusf and involves the playing of a campaignfor governor, congressman, sen-- ator, and president, in the sequencenamed. Each player in each campaign represents a candidate of apolitical party such as, for example, Republican, Democrat, Socialist,and Third Party. kThe game may be played with either two, three, or fourplayers.

The game comprises a game board; a pair of dice; four packs of partymarker cards, each designating the name of a. political party; tokensrepresenting the candidates of each political party; an Electionreturns" card; a Bulletins card;

a Purge card; a Crisis card; two signs desig-` nated Men working; and apack of number cards' for keeping tally of the Extra votes, several ofwhich have the number 1/2, 5, 10, and 20, respectively, imprintedthereon. The pack of party marker cards designating the Republican partyare colored blue; those designating the Democratic party are coloredorange; those designating the Socialist party are colored green; andthose designating the Third Party are colored red. The tokensrepresenting the candidates of the Republican, Democratid, Socialist,and Third Party parties are likewise colored to correspond with therespectivev party marker cards. f

The board as shown in Figure 1 has a playing surface l thereon on whichis inscribed the name Caucus such name being indicated by the number 2.The playing surface I includes a players path or course 3 which is madeup of fty spaces arranged in abutting columns, said spaces beingconsecutively numbered from 10 to 60Yinclusive. Over such path or coursethe political party tokens of the players are moved according to thepredetermined number of spaces corresponding to the votes accruing totheplayers `by reason of throws of dice, such number being yde'- terminedby reference to the card entitled Election returns shown on Figure 14.The playing commences at the bottom of left hand columny of the playingcourse 3 on the space I0 designated Smoke lled room and endson the space59 designated Election conceded at the top of right hand column. I

As will be observed from Figure 1, anumbervof the spaces of course 3have certain markings thereon which offer handicaps, penalties, oradvantages to the player candidates. On the space I4 there is themarking Machine support which `requires that each player candidate stopon such space and :first obtain the support of his political partysmachine before he can pass such space.`

Space I8 contains the marking Bad weather f and from the game board itwill be seen that a Senator "marking Supreme Court. Ymarking Labor uniontogether with ythe indiplayer candidate stopping on such space at theend of a move misses the next two plays. The space 56 includes themarking -fRecount which means 4that a player candidate stopping thereonat the lend of a move misses the next three plays.

Spaces I1, 2li, 24, 21, 32, 36, 38, 42, 44, 41,49, and 53, include themarking X to the left thereof. This means that if a player candidatestops on any of such spaces at theend of a move he must refer to theBulletins card shown in Figure l2, and proceed according to the direc-rhereinafter. l

Space 66 contains the marking White House `together with the indication20 votes.

` As-will be -observed from Figure 1, the board is Yprovided with cornerspaces 6I and 62 between `which are intervening spaces' 63, 64, 65, 66,and "61.- The corner space 6! contains the marking together with theindication "20 The-other corner space 62 contains the The space 63 hasthe lvotes.l

cation l0 votesv imprinted thereon.V Space 64 lcontains the markingBalanced budget and the notation l0 votes. Space 65 includesthe mark-'ings-Business boom and the notation 10 votes?? :Both ofthe spaces 66land 61 contain the marking Public works project and I theindication 15votes thereon. l

-T-hefboard is alsor provided with corner spaces 68 -and-`69 betweenwhich are disposed intervening spaces 10,1I, 12, 13 and 14. AThe space68 contains the marking Governor and the notation-- 20 votes. ASpace 69has the marking Congressman and the notation 20 votes tl'iereonVA Thespace 16 vincludes the marking m1-arriV payers league `and theindication 10 votes.v j-Space 1I has the marking Hatchet menl imprintedthereon. Both of the spaces 12 V'and 13'-= contain the marking ScandaLll-spajcef'ff14f includes the `marking Good farm` fprice's andthenotation 10 votes. l

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""1 Preparatory tothe start'of the game, each 0f theplayers throws'thedice and the one throwy'in'gjthe highestV number receives irst choice ofthe political party. Each player then receives a*'tok=,nv representinghis partys candidate, for lexample, a -blue token for the Republicanparty, 'an'orange token for the Democratic party, a red tokenj forjtheThird- Party, and a green token -f'or the vSocialist party,-togetherwith several of his partys marker cards.

, In .star-'ting the gamev the Campaign for the A'election of y'aycandidate for 'Y governor is first lr' layed.* -Each player :places thetoken 'representplaying course.

ing his candidate on the space I D markedfSmoke iilled roo-m of theplaying course. The player who obtained the' highest number by the throwof the dice has the first play. The play is then in rotation toward theleft.

Before throwing the dice which precedes and` governs every play, theplayer must announce the play he desires to make. If he fails to do so,the play does not count. The player may elect to advance his candidatetoken along Ithe spaces of the playing course from the space titledSmoke filled room. In this case he makes known his vote by announcingGoing ahead." After he has made known such vote, he throws the dice, andthe total number thrown represents the votes obtained. The player thenrefers to the card titled Election returns shown in Figure 14 toascertain the number of spaces corresponding to the total number thrownthat he may move his candidates token along the For example, if thetotal number thrown is a 4 5, his candidate receives 9 votes, and byreference to the card titled Election returns this number of votescorresponds to 2 spaces. As soon as the number of spaces has beenascertained the player advances his candidates token that number ofspaces along kthe playing course 3. v Y

The candidate token of each player must stop on space i4 containing themarking Machine player receives enough votes to pass. 'He must ceedingregular turn of play he can advance his fi candidates token past suchspace.

Should the candidate token of any player at the end of his turn of playstop on any of the spaces I1, 2i), 24, 21, 32, 36, 38,` 42,` 44,' 41, 49and 53, which include the marking X, such player must refer to the cardtitled Bulletins shown in Figures 12 and13, and proceed immediately onthis same turn of play according to the directions corresponding to thecombined numbers appearing on the previously thrown dice. For example,if the thrown dice show 2 3, the directions opposite the numbers 2-3 onrthe Bulletins card indicate the additional play to be made.

$0 support even though on any turn of play the If the candidate token ofany player receives I 155 enough votes on his turn to play to pass spaceI8 containing the.` marking Bad weather, the player may advance suchtoken past such space. Thisv space is counted, in passing, as a regular.space. Should, however, the candidate token of'any player ystop on thisspace at the end of his turn of play, such player misses his next twoturns. I

In the event that the'candidate token of any player stops on the spacev29 containing the Ymarking Political jobs at the end of his turn ofplay, such player immediately advances his l candidate token anadditional 8 spaces.

.In place of a player electing to vote to advance his candidates tokenalong the playing course lfrom the Smoke lled room space, as thus de-'elect Yto secure eitherxspace 65 titled Business each of which, ifobtained, give to the player 10 extra votes. If desired, he may elect tosecure either one of spaces 66 and 61 titled Public Works project, eachof which, if obtained, give to the player 15 extra votes. i

To attempt to secure one of the spaces titled Business boom Balancedbudget Labor union Tax payers league Good farm -prices the player makesknown his vote by announcing any one of the aforementioned titles. Afterannouncing such vote, the player throws the dice. If 'thenumbers on thethrown dice total an even number or `an eleven, he secures such space,otherwise not. VUpon securing the space the 'player placesy one of hispolitical partys marker cards, as shown in Figure 2, thereon, and thenreceives the l0 votes. To enable the player to keep an accurate accountof his acquired votes he is given one vof the number cards carrying thedesignation of the numeral 10 thereon as shown in Figure 8; Once suchspace is occupied by one' political party, it is no longer available toany of the other competing political parties'. None of these spaces canybe occupied by more than one political party at the same time.

In order to attempt -to acquire onev of the spaces titled Public worksproject the player makes known his vote by announcing Public worksproject. After announcing such vote, the player is entitled to twosuccessive throws of the dice on-his one turn of play.` If the numbers`o-n each throw of the dice total an even number or an eleven, theplayer secures such space, otherwise not. Upon securing the space theplayer places one of his political partys marker cards and also one ofthe Men Working signs shown in Figure 3 thereon. He then receives 15votes. The player likewise receives' number cards, as shown in Figures 7and 8, corresponding to the number' 15 so as to enable him to keep anaccount oi his acquired votes. ,Once such spaceis occupied by onepolitical partlhit is no longer available to any of the other competingpolitical parties.

. Under the rules of the game, a player may` acquire any number oi theextra vote spaces such as those titled Business boom, Balanced budget,Labor union, Tax payers league, Good farm prices, Public works project,during a Campaign if they are unoccupied by the political party of anopposing player.

Assuming that a player has possession of the vspaces titled Businessboom, Balanced budget, and one of the spaces titled Public worksproject, thereby having a total of 35 extra votes, and that' this playerafter making known his vote by announcing Going ahead on his turn ofyplay obtains the numbers 3 5 by the throw of the dice, the total ofsuch number or 8 is added to the 35 extra votes making a total of 43votes to which this player is entitled on such play. By reference to theElections return card as shown in Figure 14, the playernds that 43 votesentitles him to advancehis candidates token 6 spaces along the playingcourse. From this it will be apparent that the securing of the extravotes enables a player to advance his vcandidates token along theplaying coursefasterl than is possible `secures such space, otherwisenot.

by the votes` obtainable solely bythe throw A,of dice.' on each .regularturn of play. -Ifaplayer has possession of the three extra vote spacestitled Business boom, Good farm prices, and Balanced budget at the same:time he automatically receivedWhite House support. Accordingly, heplaces his political partysy marker cardon space 6U titled White House,andthen receivesl 20 votes. a number card, Figure 9, carrying thedesignation of the numeral 20 Lthereon. Such player retains 'the 20votes soilong as his political party has 'possessionof all three of suchspaces. f

On any one of the turns of play during the Campaign, a player mayattempt to obtain an injunction. In this case he makes known his vote byannouncing Supreme Court. After announcing such vote, the player isentitled to twofsuccessive throws of the dice on his one turn of play.If the numbers on each throw of 'the dice total an even number or aneleven, the player Uponsecuring the space, the player places one of hispolitical partys marker cardson space 62 titled Supreme Court.v Undertheruleof the-game this automatically removes an opponent from-suchspace. As soon as the player has .placed his partys marker thereon, heannounces Injunction against whatever Iit is :desired to remove with anInjunction, as for example Irl-junction against Democratic party markeron"Ba-lanc'ed budget space. without waiting for his next turn of play.If the player throws an even number or an eleven', `he receives theInjunction from the Supreme Court thereby permitting him to remove thesign or marker from the desired space. Should an odd number, exclusiveof an eleven, be thrown, the player fails to obtain the Injunction and'must wait until his next turn of play to tryagain. Such playerisentitled toone throw of the dice `for van injunction on each succeedingturn of playuntil he is removed from the Supreme Court space by anopponent. Mere failure to obtain an injunction does not removetheplayertrying to secure it from fthe Supreme Courtl Itv is'to be noted that`only a player ocspace. cupying the Supreme Court space mayobtainInjunctions but `he may obtain Injunctionsi` foropposing players as theresult of trades, such as obtaining an Injunction for an opponentinreturn for votes from anY opponent. A player who has removed a marker orsign from any space by an injunction must wait until his next turnofplay to try to secure this space, if he desires it, for his own use.Any player may try, in his regular turn of play, to secure for hisownfruse any space which has been cleared by, an Injunction, includingthe player who has hadthe space. I. 5

During the Campaign on any of the `turns of play, a player may attemptto place either the Purge sign on the space 4I titled Purgel or theCrisis sign on the space 52 titled Unemployment crisis of the playingcourse. i' g For the Purge sign, the player'in his turn of play makesknown his vote by announcing Purge, and then must turn up either an evennumber or an eleven by `If the even number or eleven is turned up,-r theplayer places thefPurge sign, as shown inFigure 10, on the space 4ltitled Purge This signblocks the candidate of any opposing parties whohave not already passed the space and forces the opponents toremovevthe` sign from the space The player throws the dice againy At thesame time he is given the throw of the dice.

by an:Injunction. AUnderthexrules of the game vthe player representing acandidate of an oppose .dice on his respective turns of play. It is tobe understood that in this Acase only thej use of'the extra 'votes islost; the extra votes themselves are not lost. If an opponent succeedsin remov-l fing the Purgef signV from the space by an Injunction, theplayer may. try, inhis regular turn v.of play,'to put the sign back on.the space by throwing another even number or an elevenbe- :fore theopponents are able, on their turns of `fplay, to advance their candidatetokens past the space. The Purge` sign does notv affect the vrcandidateof the playerwho placesthe sign on -the space, and he may pass z-itwithout. losing the usevof. his Extra. votes during the rest of theCampaign Such sign, if not otherwise removed,- is removedat the end ofeach Campaign For the Crisis sign, the player' in his turn of play makesknown his vote by announcing -Crisis, and'then must turn up either aneven :number or an eleven by the throw of the dice. If the even numberor eleven is turned up, the player places the Crisis sign, as vshown inFig- :ure y11, on the space'52 titled Unemployment crisis of theplayingcourse.v 'Ihis blocks `the candidatesf'of the opposing playerswhohave not already'passed such space including the candi- Adate 'of theplayer placing .the Crisis sign ron Y thisfUnemployment crisis space. Italso blocks Athe candidates of opposingr players who have not alreadypassed such space and,- whol either do .not have possession ofaPublicworks project space or do have vpossession ofa Public works'project Ispace but have had the Men working lsign removedV `from thislast named space by an 'Injunctinp A player may, if hedesires, put thelMen working sign vback on hisv Public works project. in'his regularturn of play by throwing )atreven numberor an eleven. 'This sign maybejremoved from the space byan Injunction. `Il. the players' opponentssucceed in doing so, the

lplayer who originally 'placed the. sign on such f'fs'pace may try,in-his regular turn of play, 1to y"put 4the sign back on the space bythrowing an even 'number or an' eleven before .they are able, on theirturns of play, to advance their .candidate vtokens past the space Thissign, if not otherwise' removed, is removed i at the end of each.Campaign.

If desired, during the Campaign on any `of VTthe turns of play, aplayermay attempt to place l so .Y

vattempt the player in his turn of 'play announces afScandal upon anopponent. To make such Scandal on whatever political party hey desirestoplacef under a scandal as, for instance, Scanv'dal'on the Third Party,and then throws `the dice. Y .If the thrown dicel 4show an even numberor 'an eleven, the Aplayer has obtained the* right to place a scandalvon the opposing'player representing the Third Party. The player thenplaces I one o'f the opposing plas'fers political party marker cardsdesignated Third Party on one l Space.

tense-only o neehalfof hisrvotes until he removes thefS candal by anInjunction. For example, 'if the'opposing player upon which a Scandalhas votesvwith the dice'on his next turn of play, he vreceivesaa vtotalof 59 votes on the play. vIBut 'sincel he is subject to a Scandal heonly ree ceives one-half of the 59 votes, or 30 votes, and his:candidate tokenfmay be advanced only 4 spaces on the playing courseinstead of the '7 spaces he could have advanced if not subject to theScandal. Bothv of the marker cards may be removed from the Scandal spaceby one Injunction An Injunction removes the Scandal from this player andhe may then again have the use of yall oflhis votes. No player,howfever, may be made subject to two Scandals at the sametimej.

been placedlflas` 5G, Extra votes and throws 9 'At any time duringthecourse of the Cam-r.

.paign .a player can attempt to remove an opponentffrom any of the Extravote spaces such ask v those-entitled Business boom, BalancedbudgctfvifLabor union, .Tax payers league, Good farm 1.r1-'ices,'fandPublic works project, by securing 'an' Injunction in the mannerhereinabove the end of hislturn of play stopl on space 56 titled'Rt-count?v of the playing course, such vpla-yerfs'u'ifeis the penaltyoflmissing his next Vthree turnsof play. If the candidate token of this"player receivesfen'ough votes to pass this 4space on his turn of play,he may advance the token past the Space. passingas a regular spa'ce.`l

When theA candidatetoken of a player stop s space `is counted,` in

o'n't'lrefspace 59 titled Election conceded at the 'end "of his turn ofplay,'he has elected his'candidate" 'for' governor, and so concludes thefirst dCampaignfy "Upon having lelected his candivclateV -forf'gvernor,-the' player places one of'his political'partys'markers on the space 68titled lGo' verz'ro'r, 'and immediately receives the 20 votes that gowith the attainment of the governor yit the same time he receives one ofthe number cards' having thel numeral 20 imprinted thereon;`'Ihetokenslrepresenting the candidates 'arefretlurned 'byA the playersto the Smoke filled room space ofthe playing'wcourse for the 'start'ofthe next Campaign All extra Yvote spaces 'including any of thosedesignated by Governor,

Congressman or Senatorj held by a player Yatthe end: of a Campaign arekept overl in the next`-'?Campaign.

` A 'Ihe Purge and "C'risis signs,'if"not otherwise removed, are removedat the end of each Campaign 1' Uponcompletlon of the rst .Campaigntfor:the election, of' governor, the campaigns `for convgressman, senator,and president, in the sequence named, are played in thesamemanner ashereinabove described. i A y f.

@If desired, duringany Campaign a player, ion vany of. the turns Yofplay, may attempt tose.- 'cure the use of the space- 'l I titled Hatchetmeni In making suchl attemptthe player announces Hatchet men, 'and thenthrows the dice. If

'thethrownfdice show'f an even 'number or an elevenyheisr-entitl'ed topossessionof such space, and--thenplaces one ofhis. politicalwpartysmarker cards thereon. After the player has obtained the Hatchet menAspace by throwing an even number or an eleven and has placed his partymarker on such space, he is entitled to four successive throws of thedice on any following turn of play. If the player succeeds in throwingfour consecutive even numbers, may include elevens, in his successivethrows of the dice, he may transfer to himself from any one of hisopponents, all of that opponents Extra votes spaces, together with theExtra votes of such spaces. This, however, does not include the space 58titled Governor, space 69 titled Congressman, or space 6l titledSenator, and the extra votes which go with such spaces. Should theHatchet men space already be occupied by an opponent, the playerdesiring to secure such space must remove the occupying opponent byobtaining an Injunction, as previously described. Should the player,however, on any of the four throws of the dice fail to throw an evennumber or an eleven, this terminates this particular turn oi' play. Onhis next turn of play this same player can again try to throw fourconsecutive even numbers or an eleven by four successive throws of dice,and can continue to try to do this on each following turn of play aslong as his party marker is on the Hatchet men space.

The game is won by the player who succeeds in electing his candidate forpresident irrespective of whether or not he has elected his candidatefor governor, congressman, or senator in the prior Campaigns The objectof the prior three Campaigns for the election of a candidate forgovernor, congressman, and senator is to give a player an opportunity tobuild up as much strength as he can for the fourth and iinal Campaignfor the election of a candidate for president.

In playing the game of the present invention it is, according to therules, permissible for a player to bargain with one of the opposingplayers to help him defeat others of the opposing players by trading orgiving to him votes and Injunctions. If such opposing player helps theplayer to elect his candidate in one Campaign the player in return forsuch help may agree to help him elect his candidate in the nextCampaign, or they can both agree, before the game starts, that the rstof their respective candidates who receives Machine support in eachCampaign will receive the combined support of both players. Also, aplayer may trade or give votes to an opposing player in his regular turnof play or he may receive and use votes traded or given to him byanother opposing player, provided neither is under a ScandaL When aplayer accepts votes from another player,

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he must use them, even though it is not his turn to play. Should the useof votes given to a player by another opposing player, cause hiscandidate to become subject to a penalty or disadvantage, his candidatemust suffer such penalty or disadvantage, A player, however, is notcompelled to accept votes from another opposing In trading or givingvotes to another opposing player, the voting procedure is exactly thesame as it would be if the trading or giving player were to use thevotes himself. The only difference is that, instead of using themhimself, he gives them to the opposing player he is assisting. Moreover,a player may obtain Injunctions for other players if he has obtained theSupreme Court space. It is to be understood that a player under aScandal cannot give or trade votes to. or receive votes from anotheropposing player.

The speed with which the game of the present invention can be played maybe adjusted by variation of the Election returns card shown in Figurelll, for instance, as by increasing or decreasing the number of spaceswhich a player may move his political party token in response to a givennumber of votes on a voting play.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a game board over Which playing pieces are moved by chance, saidboard being provided with corner spaces having the designations forpublic oicers and the Supreme Court and having a playing coursecomprising a plurality of spaces arranged intermediate said cornerspaces, some of the spaces of said playing course being designated by amarking so as to constitute a distinguishable group, there being onlyone of such gr ups, certain others of the spaces of said playing coursebeing marked by designations indicative of happenings in a politicalcampaign and having other designations indicativev of penalties orbenefits and certain others of such spaces being indicative of blockingmovement of the playing pieces along said playing course, interveningspaces having distinctive markings interposed between said corner spacesbut outside of said playing course, some of the markings-of saidintervening spaces corresponding with each other, there being certain ofsaid intervening spaces having designations indicative of diierent votevalues and certain others of such spaces`

